A private school teacher in Nagpur forbade a student from applying a ’tilak’ (an ornamental spot worn on the forehead).
The incident took place in PMS School Mahendra Nagar, a student studying in class 5 applied tilak to school every day. A school teacher had warned him not to come to school with tilak. the teacher humiliated him in front of the whole class.
Today Bajrang Dal workers reached the school and asked the concerned teacher to apologize saying it was his mistake, after this, the teacher himself applied tilak to the student.
The principal explained that there is no ban on students coming to school with tilak. An assurance has been given on behalf of the school that this will not happen again.